Has any one gotten the google docs tablet version running on the kindle fire? When I install the apk on ICS, it just shows the phone version scaled up. Any ideas?
I am wondering this too... It's not a big deal really, but it's annoying since it's advertised.
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I'm assuming everyone else's Gtab had some handango crap market installed by defualt. What on earth was Viewsonic's idea there? Is there a reason they didn't install the normal full market or at least have an option to use it?
And yes, I know I can get a fully functioning market. I've got it on TnT Lite 4.1.0
ViewSonic does NOT have the option to use the normal market.
At this time, Google does not officially allow the market on tablets. The way the market is supposed to work is that it allows each individual device access only to those applications that are compatible with it. Google says the current implementations of Android were never designed to run on tablets and therefore won't give the tablets market access. Once Google releases Android 3 (Honeycomb) which is designed specifically for tablets it is expected that tablets will then have official access to the market or a brand new market designed specifically for tablets.
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Google has to license a device to use the Market. For whatever legal/business reasons, Google has only licensed one or two currently available tablets like the Galaxy Tablet. The market fix here is unofficial and unapproved.
Is there a way to fool the market into thinking this is a galaxy tab?
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Essentially, it works like this. Android is Open Source but Google Apps (Gmail, Maps, Market, etc.) are not. Anyone can use Android on their device for free, but to use Google Apps they must license them from Google. Google is concerned about a phone version of Android being used for tablets, so they refuse to license Google Apps to tablet makers until 3.0 comes out. Galaxy Tab is a special case and I suspect it was done under protest, but perhaps Google was willing to use Samsung's device to test the market's readiness for an official Google tablet.
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Stupid on google's part IMO. Open should be open, 100%. I do realize they have to deal with the phone nazis though, so I suppose I'm not that surprised.
Regardless, I'm loving my Gtab so far. I'm hoping to eventually get Debian running on it if the boot process is open enough, which it seems to be.
I suppose, but at the end of the day they have so little control over Android, which is their brand. I sometimes which they had more. Especially when I see how few pure Android devices there are.
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This has been my main issue since getting the 7.0 Plus. I'll DL an app from the marketplace that has tablet enhancements and what I'll end up getting on the device is the phone version of the app. Examples are Xfinity, Gigbeat, IMDB, and Google Docs among others. I'm assuming it's the screen resolution on these. But, I dunno. Is there any way to force the tablet version of the app?
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This has been my main issue since getting the 7.0 Plus. I'll DL an app from the marketplace that has tablet enhancements and what I'll end up getting on the device is the phone version of the app. Examples are Xfinity, Gigbeat, IMDB, and Google Docs among others. I'm assuming it's the screen resolution on these. But, I dunno. Is there any way to force the tablet version of the app?
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Google Docs as far as I know doesn't really have a "Tablet Version" not all apps do. If you search the web market and see 2 different versions, try to install it from there. If not you can contact the developer and ask them to make a tablet specific version. I can state this about Google Docs for sure because I had a Transformer earlier and it used the same version.
Is there a way to spoof and/or change its DPI settings so than an app thinks it's running on a 1200x800 tablet?
soldierblue348 said:
Is there a way to spoof and/or change its DPI settings so than an app thinks it's running on a 1200x800 tablet?
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No, in theory you might be able to modify the build.prop but in the end the easiest way is to just contact the developer. I did that with Splashtop, and 3 days later they had released an update with the support for the Tab Plus' resolution.
My splashtop works great. I wish EA would get on board with this. I love playing Madden and NFSHP
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My splashtop works great. I wish EA would get on board with this. I love playing Madden and NFSHP
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Splashtop works great locally, not over the internet. Pocketcloud is much more bandwith efficient over RDP.
Is this something that ICS will fix?
Is anyone else having issues downloading tablet specific apps on to the kindle fire from the web market? It says that the kindle is not compatible.
For example: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.cnn.mobile.android.tablet
That app says it is incompatible with the kindle running ics.
Am I alone, or missing something?
Oddly enough the app in the link you posted isn't compatible with my Kindle running CM7, but this one from Time Magazine (for tablets) is: Time Magazine Tablet App
What is the determining factor here?
I guess my Android version checks out for that specific tablet app, but yours should check out too since you're running ICS...
Yea, the Time magazine is compatible as well. Are honeycomb apps still just honeycomb only, and not ics compatible yet?
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I'm hoping to get News360 running on the KF running the ICS ROM (which is fantastic btw). But Market says my device isn't compatible with News360 for Tablets. Of course, it's a free app, but I cannot find of an APK of it anywhere. Has anyone been able to get News360 for Tablets from Android Market? OR can tell me how to procure the APK? Or if anyone has figured out how to convince Android Market I'm really running a proper Ice Cream Sandwich tablet and they shouldn't see it as a Kindle Fire and block it?
I HATE fragmentation!
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All,
I'm hoping to get News360 running on the KF running the ICS ROM (which is fantastic btw). But Market says my device isn't compatible with News360 for Tablets. Of course, it's a free app, but I cannot find of an APK of it anywhere. Has anyone been able to get News360 for Tablets from Android Market? OR can tell me how to procure the APK? Or if anyone has figured out how to convince Android Market I'm really running a proper Ice Cream Sandwich tablet and they shouldn't see it as a Kindle Fire and block it?
I HATE fragmentation!
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I downloaded it to my Kindle and then uploaded the apk for you, you can download it HERE.
Thank you! This is the Tablet version, right? It didn't have a problem with the fact that it was the Kindle Fire? Or did you get it from Amazon's app store, or what?
Thanks!
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Thank you! This is the Tablet version, right? It didn't have a problem with the fact that it was the Kindle Fire? Or did you get it from Amazon's app store, or what?
Thanks!
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It works fine but I mistakenly downloaded the phone version, I'm installing the tablet version and will update my first post. The tablet version is giving me an error about parsing the package.
Edit: I found a few places to download it from but I get the same parsing error with each one.
yeah
This file or folder has been removed.
Here is the latest update:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/l7clbeddyeh59v6/News360_3.0.6.apk
Hi, i'm totally new to rooting and installing alternate ROMs, but i just installed KitKat CM11 and GAPPS KK on my kindle fire HD 7" following RootJunky's excellent tutorial video 'How To Install KitKat CM11 on the Kindle Fire HD 7in' -
Everything appears to be working fine and dandy, but when i download a new app from Google Play or 1 Mobile Market, they send the Amazon Kindle version rather than the android version (i know KFT is android but i don't know how else to phrase this) . So far i have about 80% success rate in these downloaded apps working.
For example, Dolphin Browser, Lastpass, MoliPlayer, Pocket, Amazon Kindle Reader all work, most games do not.
My guess is that this is something to do with the graphics demand of the games.
My rather long winded question is this, is it possible to make my machine not appear to be a KFT as far as these sites are concerned. If so would these apps be more likely to work, or is the problem not an incorrect version of the app but rather some incompatibility between KitKat operating system and Kindle hardware.
Any suggestion / info gratefully received.